Whirlybird

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Whirlybird,

You didn’t, but lots did. They’re still using reddit to this day.

Whirlybird,

They don’t care about making the site good or attracting a healthy community.

They never cared about the “healthy” part either, just “big”. Reddit has been a cesspool for years and years and years, largely thanks to the moderators.

Whirlybird,

No, the people that didn’t leave yet kept whining are the whiners.

Whirlybird,

There’s also always someone that says “I fixed it, thanks” and then doesn’t say how.

How does Usenet content not immediately get DMCA'd into oblivion?

For instance, say I search for “The Dark Knight” on my Usenet indexer. It returns to me a list of uploads and where to get them via my Usenet provider. I can then download them, stitch them together, and verify that it is, indeed, The Dark Knight. All of this costs only a few dollars a month for me....

Whirlybird,

Install the *arr programs that you want to manage your libraries - Radarr (for movies), Sonarr (for tv shows), Lidarr (for music)

Install NZBGet (for downloading the files)

Sign up to a usenet provider.

Sign up to an indexer like NZBGeek, NZBFinder, etc.

Put your usenet provider details in to NZBGet under the News-Server section.

Put your indexer details into the indexer settings in *arr programs.

Put your NZBGet details into the Download Clients setting section in *arr programs.

Pretty much the gist of it. Then you can just search for and add the content you’re after in Radarr/Sonarr/Lidarr and it will go looking.

If you need a hand I’m happy to help.

Whirlybird,

They do. Almost everything gets DMCA’d within hours of being uploaded. What happens is they just get uploaded again and again, on different backbones and servers, and you end up getting the complete thing from multiple sources or as soon as it gets uploaded but before it gets DMCAd.

Whirlybird,

Because it’s simple. The company that owns the content does a DMCA claim and they either remove it or get sued. Removing it is simple and largely automated.

Whirlybird,

Usenet will download much faster and is generally much more “private” and secure (your ISP can never see what you download).

Whirlybird,

🤣 Fuck of reddit, they’re handing over that data without putting up a fight.

Whirlybird,

You paid for a licence to watch this content for as long as it is available.

Whirlybird,

Sony are one of the most anti consumer companies around, yet their diehard fans and the gaming media especially just give them a free pass. It’s disgusting.

Whirlybird,

Ah so if I go rent a Lamborghini for a day that means I own it and don’t have to give it back?

Whirlybird,

Ferrari literally do this btw.

Whirlybird,

The PS had weak plastic laser eye rails. Prolonged use warped them causing laser/disc misalignment, so you would have to often play with the console up side down etc to try and adjust for it.

The PS2 has the disc read error, lost multiple class action lawsuits over the design flaw.

PS3 had the yellow light of death. Design/manufacturing flaw like the Xbox red ring of death.

Whirlybird,

If you knew anything about digital purchasing you’d understand why u brought it up.

When you “buy” a digital tv show or movie you’re not actually buying it, you’re purchasing a license to use it, a license that can be revoked, for content that can be removed.

I swear most people have no idea how digital ownership works. I expected more from people on here at least.

Whirlybird,

Licensing deals usually.

Whirlybird,

Don’t let lemmy become another shit fest that we just moved from.

Lemmy literally started as a political shitfest site. It’s just now filled with the people from reddit too.

Whirlybird,

Their obvious solution to this is make you consent to it or you can’t use YouTube.

Whirlybird,

Even buying the cd only puts a few bucks at best in the artists pockets. 80%+ goes to the publisher/producer/marketing/etc.

If you want to support an artist go see them live and/or buy merch from them directly. Anything what is just supporting publishers.

Whirlybird,

You should still support services that you use though. Pirate music if you want, but if you use Spotify you should pay for it.

Whirlybird,

That’s your right, but by not being on Spotify you’re likely worse off. I’ve discovered many bands on Spotify that I’ve then seen live and bought merch that I’d never have heard of otherwise. It’s one of the rare times where being paid in exposure actually works.

Whirlybird,

Obviously it’s different for unsigned artists who have self published, thought that was pretty self explanatory since they don’t have a record label/publisher/etc that takes the bulk of the money.

Whirlybird,

Also important to know that Spotify is a net positive for artists, even though they pay not much. The music industry is one of the very few where being “paid in exposure” actually is a valid thing. Spotify gets your music out there in front of tens/hundreds of millions of people that would usually never ever hear your music, and you’ll convert some of them to fans that will see you live in shows and buy merch. Artists make no money on cd sales either, that all goes to the labels/publishers/producers/etc.

Whirlybird,

Artists don’t generally make money from music sales unless they self publish. Spotify gets the music out there and heard so people discover bands and go see them in concert and buy merch, which is where bands make their money.

It’s crazy that it’s 2023 and people still don’t understand this.

Whirlybird,

Depends what your definition of woman is. To most it’s a biological female.

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